2021 NFL Week 7 Score Report

Oof.  That was ugly.

• Six losing teams could not get more than ten points this week.
• This leads the average for the week to the lowest average to just 42.77 -- the lowest since 41.714 Week 12 of 2019.
• Season average:  47.29.  (Last year:  Week:  50.57  Season:  50.75)  At least the season average is still almost a field goal up from two years ago.
• Home teams were 9-4 this week.  That still leaves the home teams two games below .500 for the season at 51-53.  (Last year:  6-8 for 53-51-1.)
• Over was 5-8 for 47-59-1.  (Last year:  6-6-2 for 53-49-3)
• Favorites 7-6 against the number, 9-4 straight up.  Season:  50-57 ATS, 67-40 SU.  (Last year:  ATS:  4-9 for 49-57-1  SU:  9-4 for 68-34-1.)
• Low number of penalties this week.  144 in 13 games (just over 11 a game).  Season for the 107 games, 1,320 (12.3).  (Last year:  159 in 14 games (11.4) for 1,196 in 105 (11.4))
• Team with more penalties was 5-7 this week for 45-50 for the year.  (Last year:  4-9 for 41-51.)
• There were only three games this week which ended within one score.  48 for the year only.  (Last year:  7 for 53)
• Of the three, two were Cliffhangers.  27 for the year.
• Only one to add to the NFL's record this week for the last minute and overtime.  (Seattle's Cliffhanger loss ended IC, sack, sack, 4th and 28 from their own 7 (IC) -- probably better to take the intentional safety and try the free kick onside!)  That's 24 for the year, New Orleans' win tonight only the third to have the winning score between 1 and 2 minutes to go.
• Record Watch:  2015 had 27 in the last minute and overtime, so next week will need three to hold the line.
• On the other hand:  Eight of the 13 games ended non-competitive -- never within eight points in the fourth quarter.  That's now 41 of those in seven weeks.  (Last year:  5 for 34)
• And 15 of the last 27 in two weeks.  
• It's also the third week this season (Wk 1) with at least 7 games which never had a score within eight points at any point in the final 15 minutes.
• Last time we had eight non-competitive games in a week: Week 15, 2019 -- that was a full 16-game week.  
• Last week with more than eight:  Week 13, 2014 -- with nine.  (Seven and eight are uncommon, but have happened the last seven years on occasion.)
• No Last Chance Misses this week.  (Last year 3 for 33 total -- this year holds at 24.)

Couple of side notes:

• New England's 54-13 win over the Jets was the largest number of one-team points in a game since Buffalo dropped 56 on Miami last year's final week.  The 41 point margin of victory was the first 40 point margin since New England blanked the Chargers 45-0 in Week 13 last year.
• Arizona's 20 point cover over Houston is only the fourth time a team has ever covered a 20 point or more spread.
• The four straight-up upsets were all by double-digits, three of them by over three touchdowns.